In this conversation, some members of an office clique are standing around the water cooler. They are mostly gossiping about employees who don’t belong to the clique.
　　Julie: Did you see Nadia this morning? I really don’t like the dress she’s wearing.
　　Sally: I know what you mean. Her clothes are never in fashion, anyway.
　　Michael: Hey, I heard through the grapevine that Todd will probably get the new job in Marketing.
　　Sally: I’m not surprised. He’s such a brown-noser.
　　Bill: Yeah, the only reason he’s moved up so fast is by sucking up all the time.
　　Mira: I heard that there was a little back-biting involved, too!
　　Michael: Did you hear the latest rumor? Mario and Vanessa have the hots for each other. Someone saw them together a few days ago.
　　Mira: No kidding! And he’s still going out with Florence.
　　Julie: Shh ... keep it down. Chuck’s coming. He can be a real rumor-mongerer. . . . . .
　　Chuck: Hi, everyone. What’s up?
　　參考譯文：
　　在下面的對話里，辦公室的一個小集團里的幾個成員站在水冷卻器旁。他們可能是在談論那些不屬于他們集團的其他同事。
　　Julie: 你今天早上看見Nadia了嗎？我一點都不喜歡她穿的衣服。
　　Sally: 我明白你的意思。她的衣服從來都很土。
　　Michael: 嘿，我聽（傳聞）說Todd很有可能調到市場部工作。
　　Sally: 我一點都不覺得驚訝，他可是個馬屁精。
　　Bill: 就是，他之所以升職那么快，惟一的原因就是他每時每刻都在拍馬屁。
　　Mira: 我聽說還和他誹謗別人有關。
　　Michael:你聽到最新的謠傳了嗎？Mario 和 Vanessa好上了。有人前些天看見他們在一起。
　　Mira: 別開玩笑了。他現在還在和Florence 約會呢。
　　Julie: 噓，小點聲。Chuck來了。他是十足的傳謠者。. . . . .
　　Chuck: 大家好，談什么呢？